On this day: March 1

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on March 1.

64 African footballers in our database were born on March 1, including Édouard Mendy, Djimi Traoré and Lubambo Musonda.

African national teams have played 19 matches on March 1 since 1969.

Footballers born on March 1 (64)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Édouard Mendy	1992	Senegal	Goalkeeper
Djimi Traoré	1980	Mali	Defender
Lubambo Musonda	1995	Zambia	Wing half
Eric Mathoho	1990	South Africa	Defender
Jesús Owono	2001	Equatorial Guinea	Goalkeeper
Samuel Ipoua	1973	Cameroon	Forward
Samuel Okunowo	1979	Nigeria	Defender
Zinedine Ferhat	1993	Algeria	Midfielder
Al-Sayed Hamdy	1984	Egypt	Forward
Nkiru Okosieme	1972	Nigeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Ibrahim	1992	Egypt	Midfielder
Julien López	1992	Algeria	Midfielder
Yusupha Njie	1994	Gambia	Forward
Hamza Alaa	2001	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Etienne Amenyido	1998	Togo	Forward
Noah Maposa	1985	Botswana	Goalkeeper
Christian Kouakou	1991	Ivory Coast	Forward
Joanet	1999	Equatorial Guinea
Annette Jacky Messomo	1993	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Pape Samba Ba	1982	Senegal	Defender
Amanda Sister	1990	South Africa	Defender
Boubacar Dembélé	1982	Mali	Midfielder
Tlou Segolela	1988	South Africa	Midfielder
Ogba Kalu Nnanna	1984	Nigeria	Midfielder
Noha Tarek	1999	Egypt	Forward
Alaa Ibrahim	1975	Egypt	Forward
Yasin Ali Egal	1991	Somalia	Defender
Mohamed Douik	1999	Morocco	Full-back
Abdelmalek Djeghbala	1983	Algeria	Midfielder
Jean-Jacques Domoraud	1981	Ivory Coast	Defender
Diogo António Alberto	1989	Mozambique	Midfielder
Youcef Laouafi	1996	Algeria	Forward
Aymen Harzi	1995	Tunisia	Wing half
Gcina Mazibuko	1983	Eswatini
Youcef Bechou	1997	Algeria	Midfielder
Samuel Ogunsania	1980	Nigeria	Defender
Moussa Hirir	1984	Djibouti	Midfielder
Moataz Mohamed	2005	Egypt
Ted Purdon	1930	South Africa	Inside forward
Reda El-Weshi	1985	Egypt	Forward
Justin Ndikumana	1993	Burundi
George Baysah	1986	Liberia	Defender
Adil El Hasnaoui	1989	Morocco	Midfielder
Reda Sayed	1992	Egypt	Goalkeeper
Ivane Urrubal	1997	Mozambique
Patrick Nuku Granue	1985	Liberia	Defender
Thierry Kassi	2000	Ivory Coast	Forward
Godfrey Tenoff	1978	South Africa	Midfielder
Fodie Traore	1985	Mali
Mourad Chebbi	1970	Tunisia	Midfielder
Dhiaeddine Jouini	1996	Tunisia	Defender
Mueng Sunday	1994	Nigeria
Yusif Basigi	1972	Ghana
Naby Damba	1993	Guinea-Bissau	Forward
Ussama Nancuta Mutumane	1991	Mozambique	Midfielder
Hassan Ali Mohamed	1994	Somalia	Midfielder
Hussein Ibrahim Adan	1995	Somalia	Defender
Kingsley Ofori	2002	Ghana
Nii Armah Ashitey	2000	Togo
Justin Ndikumana	1993	Burundi	Goalkeeper
Foday Trawally	1995	Gambia	Forward
Foster Apetorgbor	2008	Ghana	Forward
Adam Dihad	2003	Morocco
Elvis Eddy Mwanje	2004	Uganda	Midfielder